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Egodini to be opened during the second week of February
THE first phase of the long-awaited Egodini mall project is ready for re-opening with at least 400 informal traders set to be allocated vending stalls, Bulawayo mayor David Coltart has said.Co...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart sees better days in 2024
Bulawayo mayor David Coltart says finding solutions to the city's multifaceted problems will not happen overnight as he laid out his council's priorities for 2024.Coltart, a former Education m...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 13:00hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Contractor re-designs Egodini Mall vending bays
TERRACOTTA Private Limited, a South African company, which won the US$60 million tender to rebuild Bulawayo's Basch Street Bus Terminus has since engaged another company from the neighbouring country ...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:14hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
BCC takes Terracotta to court over Egodini project stall
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has resolved to take Egodini Mall contractor, Terracotta Private Limited, to court for delaying to complete the project after winning the US$60 million tender to rebuild Bu...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Councillors force premature Egodini Terminus opening
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to open Basch Street Bus Terminus, popularly known as Egodini, for transport operators and vendors before construction has been completed as the project has dragged ...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Egodini to open in mid-February this year
Bulawayo City Council has said the Basch Street Bus Terminus, popularly known as Egodini, will be opened in mid-February this year for some informal traders and transporters as construction work progr...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Contractor, BCC give conflicting figures on Egodini project
THE Egodini construction project cost was overstated at US$60 million with council and the constructor now giving different figures, raising questions if the city will eventually get value for money f...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Doubts over Egodini project
The construction of the $60 million Egodini Mall in Bulawayo has suffered notable delays, raising questions on whether the contractor would be able to beat a set 15-month deadline.The hyped Eg...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 21:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Terracotta sets up contact centre for Egodini project
SOUTH African civil engineering firm, Terracotta, says it is setting up a contact centre, where residents can access information on vacancies and sub-contracting opportunities at the proposed Egodini ...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reportyer
BCC fails to meet Egodini mall project deadline
THE Egodini mall project has got off to another false start, as Bulawayo City Council failed to meet Thursday's deadline to begin the much-hyped rehabilitation of Basch Street bus terminus into a regi...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Egodini shopping mall - latest
THE Bulawayo City Council has begun compensating property owners within the Egodini area to pave way for the construction of a multi-million dollar mall.According to local media, the $60 m...Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi operators get council ultimatum
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has given kombi operators an ultimatum to register under any of the three associations in the city before the closure of Basch Street Bus Terminus to pave way for the const...Published: 04 Mar 2016 at 05:50hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
3 kombi touts gang up on cop
THREE touts have appeared in court for allegedly assaulting a police officer at Basch Street Bus Terminus, popularly known as Egodini, while trying to free their colleague who had been arrested for to...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 06:00hrs | | by Noleen Makhurane
Egodini $60M upgrade kicks off next week
THE $60 million upgrading of Basch Street Bus Terminus, popularly known as Egodini, is set to start next week, Terracotta, the South African civil engineering firm that won the tender to implement the...Published: 30 Jan 2016 at 09:10hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Council turns City Hall into kombi rank
Bulawayo City Council has designated City Hall as a new commuter omnibus pick-up point for eastern suburbs with effect from today as part of the implementation of its public transport policy.B...Published: 13 Apr 2015 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Loveness Bepete
Miscarriage after aunt kicks privates
A BULAWAYO woman miscarried after her boyfriend's aunt allegedly kicked her on her privates. Siphamandla Nyoni, 21, of Entumbane suburb, was admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) fol...Published: 06 Mar 2015 at 09:05hrs | | by Thubelihle Mabhena
'Rogue' kombi driver abducts, bashes cop
A 25 year old kombi driver Liberty Phiri of Magwegwe suburb last week kidnapped and assaulted a police officer who wanted to arrest him for illegal parking.According to a Chronicle report, on ...Published: 03 Nov 2014 at 07:38hrs | | by Thubelihle Mabhena
Six cops bash ex-cop while in police custody
SIX policemen allegedly severely assaulted a former police officer who now owns a fleet of commuter omnibuses when he tried to stop them from arresting a tout during an operation at "Egodini" bus term...Published: 09 Aug 2014 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Kombi driver weds amidst pomp and fanfare
WHO said kombi drivers do not wed?Prosper Taganda (31) a kombi driver for the past six years debunked those stereotypes usually associated with kombi drivers ranging from being rowdy, womanise...Published: 12 Jan 2014 at 10:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council proposes new termini
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has come up with new sites where vendors and transport operators are going to be relocated amid plans to convert Egodini (Basch Street Bus Terminus) to a regional t...Published: 01 Dec 2013 at 04:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC facing revolt over Egodini evictions
WITH just over a month before Egodini (Basch Street Bus Terminus) is officially closed for renovations to convert it into a regional transit centre and shopping complex, the Bulawayo City Council is f...Published: 09 Nov 2013 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Two men thoroughly bashed for selling human hair to sangomas
A wave of panic is gripping the city of Bulawayo following startling reports that two unidentified men cheated death by a whisker after they were brutally beaten by an angry mob that found them in pos...Published: 15 Mar 2013 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Matopo High School pupil buys a 'laughing' ring in Botswana
In an incident that could easily pass for a scene in one of Stephen King's horror movies, two pupils at Matopo High School were found in possession of jewellery which reportedly "laughed" and caused ...Published: 22 Mar 2012 at 13:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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